Step-by-step setup guidance

This section describes in detail how to install UFS Explorer products on your computer system.

In case when you are not sure about the download and installation process, please follow the instructions given below. The download and install process is easily carried out with the help of the installer’s prompts and handy tips.

The software should not be downloaded or installed to the storage you are going to recover data from. This may erase the lost data with no chances of restoring. Therefore, please check the storage thoroughly before downloading and installing the software. Otherwise, using an "Emergency CD" or turning to the professionals is strongly recommended.

UFS Explorer Professional Recovery

This page also contains references to software update information, technical details, including specifications.

To install new copy of the software or update the software from a previous version you should follow the steps of fresh software installation. If you are updating software from an older major software version (e.g. from 3.x to 5.x or 4.x to 5.x) it's recommended to uninstall the older software version before installation of the new version. Other UFS Explorer editions can be installed with UFS Explorer Professional Recovery.

Setup instructionsfor Windows

UFS Explorer Professional Recovery for Windows users

You can install software to Microsoft Windows NT 5.1 OS and later (Windows XP/Windows 2003 Server and later). It is possible to run the software on older Windows NT versions starting from NT 4 SP6. Software installation to Windows 95/98/МЕ is not supported at all. To install the software simply download software installer executable file and start it.

Warning:never download or install the software to the drive with lost data you are going to recover. This may lead to permanent data damage or loss. If the data was lost from non-system partitions, it's recommended to download and install software to system OS partition. If the data was lost from system partition, it's recommended to shut down computer immediately and boot it using 'Recovery CD'.

After start of installation process you will be prompted for user interface language that will define language of software installer and software user manual.

From now on the installation process begins.

Carefully read the notes of importance before proceeding to the next step.

If software is updated from previous version installer will pick previous software language preferences. The installer will show End User License Agreement (EULA) for acceptance.

You may continue installation only after EULA is accepted. At the next step, the software will prompt for software installation target folder. In case of software update from a previous version the default installation folder will be set to the folder of previous software version.

Then installer will prompt for name of 'Start' menu product group (default is 'UFS Explorer'). At this stage, the installer will finish necessary information collection and start the installation process.

After it is finished, you will be able to start the software from the final window of software installation wizard. You may start the software using shortcut in 'Start' menu ('All programs', then software group (default is 'UFS Explorer') and then 'Start UFS Explorer Professional Recovery'.

Professional Recovery for macOS users

There are no special actions required: just download compressed DMG-image files from the software web site and open them using Finder. As an option, you may copy the software to 'Programs' folder.

Warning:never download or install the software to the drive with lost data you are going to recover. This may lead to permanent data damage or loss. If the data was lost from non-system partitions, it's recommended to download and install software to system OS partition. If the data was lost from system partition, it's recommended to shut down computer immediately and boot it using 'Recovery CD'.

Professional Recovery for Linux users

Download the software from the web site: choose the Universal Installer among the download options for Linux users. Extract the contents of the downloaded archive. Open the folder with the extracted content and run the installer after entering your user password. You will then see the prompts of the installer concerning the language and target folder. To finish the installation simply follow the steps in the installation manager.

If the standard installation doesn’t work properly, install the software via the Terminal application. In Terminal application open the folder with the extracted file using 'cd' command (e.g. cd ~/Downloads/ufsxpci-other). Run install script as a local Administrator (e.g. sudo ./ufs-explorer-std.install).

The application can be launched from the Menu. You can also execute the file using the terminal.

If the described approach fails, try running the program via the terminal. Download the second option for Linux users – the Universal Archive, and extract its contents. Open the Terminal application and enter the command cd /home/user/ubuntu-mate/Downloads/ufsxpci-other/x64 and the sudo command after that: sudo ./ufsxpci. You will be asked to enter your user password to launch the program. After that the program will be launched without the installation.

Warning:never download or install the software to the storage you have lost the data from. This may lead to permanent data damage or loss. If data was lost from non-system partitions, it's recommended to download and install software to system OS partition. If data was lost from system partition, it's recommended to shut down computer immediately and boot it using 'Recovery CD'.

UFS Explorer RAID Recovery

This page also contains references to software update information, technical details, including specifications.

To install new copy of the software or update the software from a previous version you should follow the steps of fresh software installation. If you are updating software from an older major software version (e.g. from 3.x to 5.x or 4.x to 5.x) it's recommended to uninstall the older software version before installation of the new version. Different software editions can be installed same time.

Setup instructionsfor Windows

UFS Explorer RAID Recovery for Windows users

You can install software on Microsoft Windows NT 5.1 OS and later (Windows XP/Windows 2003 Server and later). It is possible to run the software on older Windows NT versions starting from NT 4 SP6. Software installation to Windows 95/98/МЕ is not supported at all.

Warning:never download or install the software to the drive with lost data you are going to recover. This may lead to permanent data damage or loss. If the data was lost from non-system partitions, it's recommended to download and install software to system OS partition. If the data was lost from system partition, it's recommended to shut down computer immediately and boot it using 'Recovery CD'.

After start of installation process you will be prompted for user interface language that will define language of software installer and software user manual.

From now on the installation process begins.

Carefully read the notes of importance before proceeding to the next step.

If software is updated from a previous version, the installer will pick previous software language preferences. The installer will show End User License Agreement (EULA) for acceptance. You may continue installation only after EULA is accepted.

On the next step, the software will prompt for software installation target folder. In case of software update from a previous version the default installation folder will be set to the folder of previous software version.

Then installer will prompt for name of 'Start' menu product group (default is 'UFS Explorer' or "Data Recovery"). At this stage, the installer will finish collecting the necessary information and start the installation process. After it is finished, you will be able to start the software from final window of software installation wizard.

You may start the software using shortcut in 'Start' menu ('All programs', than software group (default is 'UFS Explorer' or "Data Recovery") and then 'Recover data with UFS Explorer' (for UFS Explorer) or 'Recover files from X file system(s)' (for Raise Data Recovery).

RAID Recovery for macOS users

There are no special actions required: just download compressed DMG-image files from the software web site and open them using Finder. As an option, you may copy the software to 'Programs' folder.

Warning:never download or install the software to the drive with lost data you are going to recover. This may lead to permanent data damage or loss. If the data was lost from non-system partitions, it's recommended to download and install software to system OS partition. If the data was lost from system partition, it's recommended to shut down computer immediately and boot it using 'Recovery CD'.

RAID Recovery for Linux users

Download the software from the web site: choose the Universal Installer among the download options for Linux users. Extract the contents of the downloaded archive. Open the folder with the extracted content and run the installer after entering your user password. You will then see the prompts of the installer concerning the language and target folder. To finish the installation simply follow the steps in the installation manager.

If the standard installation doesn’t work properly, install the software via the Terminal application. In Terminal application open the folder with the extracted file using 'cd' command (e.g. cd ~/Downloads/ufsxrci -other). Run install script as a local Administrator (e.g. sudo ./ufs-explorer-raid.install).

The application can be launched from the Menu. You can also execute the file using the terminal.

If the described approach fails, try running the program via the terminal. Download the second option for Linux users – the Universal Archive, and extract its contents. Open the Terminal application and enter the command cd /home/user/ubuntu-mate/Downloads/ufsxrci -other/x64 and the sudo command after that: sudo ./ufsxrci. You will be asked to enter your user password to launch the program. After that the program will be launched without the installation.

Warning:never download or install the software to the storage you have lost the data from. This may lead to permanent data damage or loss. If data was lost from non-system partitions, it's recommended to download and install software to system OS partition. If data was lost from system partition, it's recommended to shut down computer immediately and boot it using 'Recovery CD'.

UFS Explorer Standard Recovery

This page also contains references to software update information, technical details, including specifications.

To install new copy of the software or update the software from a previous version you should follow the steps of fresh software installation. If you are updating software from an older major software version (e.g. from 3.x to 5.x or 4.x to 5.x) it's recommended to uninstall the older software version before installation of the new version. Different software editions can be installed same time.

Setup instructionsfor Windows

UFS Explorer Standard Recovery for Windows users

You can install software on Microsoft Windows NT 5.1 OS and its later releases (Windows XP/Windows 2003 Server and later). It is possible to run the software on older Windows NT versions starting from NT 4 SP6. Software installation to Windows 95/98/МЕ is not supported at all. To install the software simply download software installer executable file and start it.

Warning:never download or install the software to the drive with lost data you are going to recover. This may lead to permanent data damage or loss. If the data was lost from non-system partitions, it's recommended to download and install software to system OS partition. If the data was lost from system partition, it's recommended to shut down computer immediately and boot it using 'Recovery CD'.

After the start of installation process, you will be prompted for user interface language that will define language of software installer and software user manual. If software is updated from a previous version, the installer will pick previous software language preferences.

From now on the installation process begins.

Carefully read the notes of importance before proceeding to the next step.

The installer will show the End User License Agreement (EULA)for acceptance. You may continue installation only after the EULA is accepted.

On the next step, the software will prompt for software installation target folder. In case of software update from previous version the default installation folder will be set to the folder of a previous software version.

Then installer will prompt for name of 'Start' menu product group (default is 'UFS Explorer' or "Data Recovery"). At this stage, the installer will finish necessary information collection and start the installation process. After it is finished, you will be able to start the software from the final window of the software installation wizard.

You may start the software using shortcut in 'Start' menu ('All programs', than software group (default is 'UFS Explorer' or "Data Recovery") and then 'Recover data with UFS Explorer' (for UFS Explorer) or 'Recover files from X file system(s)' (for Raise Data Recovery).

Standard Recovery for macOS users

There are no special actions required: just download compressed DMG-image files from the software web site and open them with Finder. As an option, you may copy the software to 'Programs' folder.

Warning:never download or install the software to the drive with lost data you are going to recover. This may lead to permanent data damage or loss. If the data was lost from non-system partitions, it's recommended to download and install software to system OS partition. If the data was lost from system partition, it's recommended to shut down computer immediately and boot it using 'Recovery CD'.

Standard Recovery for Linux users

Download the software from the web site: choose the Universal Installer among the download options for Linux users. Extract the contents of the downloaded archive. Open the folder with the extracted content and run the installer after entering your user password. You will then see the prompts of the installer concerning the language and target folder. To finish the installation simply follow the steps in the installation manager.

If the standard installation doesn’t work properly, install the software via the Terminal application. In Terminal application open the folder with the extracted file using 'cd' command (e.g. cd ~/Downloads/ufsxsci-other). Run install script as a local Administrator (e.g. sudo ./ufs-explorer-std.install).

The application can be launched from the Menu. You can also execute the file using the terminal.

If the described approach fails, try running the program via the terminal. Download the second option for Linux users – the Universal Archive, and extract its contents. Open the Terminal application and enter the command cd /home/user/ubuntu-mate/Downloads/ufsxsci-other/x64 and the sudo command after that: sudo ./ufsxsci. You will be asked to enter your user password to launch the program. After that the program will be launched without the installation.

Warning:never download or install the software to the storage you have lost the data from. This may lead to permanent data damage or loss. If data was lost from non-system partitions, it's recommended to download and install software to system OS partition. If data was lost from system partition, it's recommended to shut down computer immediately and boot it using 'Recovery CD'.

UFS Explorer Standard Access

This page also contains references to software update information, technical details, including specifications.

To install new copy of the software or update the software from a previous version you should follow the steps of fresh software installation. If you are updating software from an older major software version (e.g. from 3.x to 5.x or 4.x to 5.x) it's recommended to uninstall the older software version before installation of the new version. Different software editions can be installed same time.

Setup instructionsfor Windows

UFS Explorer Standard Access for Windows users

You can install software on Microsoft Windows starting with Windows ® XP with Service Pack 3 and later (Windows XP/Windows 2003 Server and later). It is possible to run the software on older Windows NT versions starting from NT 4 SP6. Software installation to Windows 95/98/МЕ is not supported.

Warning:never download or install the software to the drive with lost data you are going to recover. This may lead to permanent data damage or loss. If the data was lost from non-system partitions, it's recommended to download and install software to system OS partition. If the data was lost from system partition, it's recommended to shut down computer immediately and boot it using 'Recovery CD'.

After start of installation process you will be prompted for user interface language that will define language of software installer and software user manual.

From now on the installation process begins.

If software is updated from a previous version, installer will pick previous software language preferences. The installer will show End User License Agreement (EULA). You may continue installation only after EULA is accepted.

On the next step, the software will prompt for software installation target folder. In case of software update from previous version the default installation folder will be set to the folder of previous software version.

The installer will prompt for name of 'Start' menu product group (default is 'UFS Explorer' or "Data Recovery"). At this stage, the installer will finish necessary information collection and start the installation process. After it is finished, you will be able to start the software from the final window of software installation wizard.

You may start the software using shortcut in 'Start' menu ('All programs', then software group (default is 'UFS Explorer' or "Data Recovery") and then 'Recover data with UFS Explorer' (for UFS Explorer) or 'Recover files from X file system(s)' (for Raise Data Recovery).